Abstract: A delivery box for groceries, other goods, mail, etc., to enable their delivery even to an unoccupied building, is built into an external wall of the building and has an outer door which is openable to enable deliveries to be placed inside the box but which locks automatically when it is then closed. It has a rear door openable directly into, and lockable from, the interior of the building. The box has separate chilled and frozen compartments and respectively, and is accordingly supplied with mains electricity. The outer door is substantially flush with the exterior surface of the wall, and has a digital computerized locking system operable by pre-arranged single use code numbers.

Abstract: A delivery box 10 for groceries, other goods, mail, etc., to enable their delivery even to an unoccupied building, is built into an external wall 12 of the building and has an outer door 20 which is openable to enable deliveries to be placed inside the box but which locks automatically when it is then closed. It has a rear door 28 openable directly into, and lockable from, the interior of the building. The box has separate chilled and frozen compartments 30 and 32 respectively, and is accordingly supplied with mains electricity. The outer door is substantially flush with the exterior surface of the wall, and has either a digital computerized locking system operable by pre-arranged single use code numbers or a high-security Yale-type lock.